Trends of Social Media Writing among Students of Mount Mary’s College of Education in the Eastern Region of Ghana
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https://doi.org/10.48165/jes.2021.37.2.6Keywords:
Trends, social media, Net language, English, FrenchAbstract
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the trend of social media writing among students in Mount Mary College of Education. This study involved a total of 150 students, 60 of whom were males and 90 of whom were females, who were studying English language and French at the time of the study. The Initialism Theory which was modified by David Crystal was used as a framework for this study The respondents were chosen using a technique known as purposive sampling. Examined were the WhatsApp screen photos taken by respondents that identified quiz papers and group assignments. The study concluded that when people write individually, social media does have an impact on their formal writing. Students who work in groups, on the other hand, are not affected by this. Another finding of the study was that respondents employ a wide range of social media lingo, including clipping, abbreviation, alphanumeric homophony, vowel deletion, graphone, and other slang terms, among other things. According to the results of the survey, most people type in social media or internet language when they communicate on social media to make it easier for them to communicate.
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